Always do sober what you said you'd do drink. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

— Ernest Hemingway

A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

— Ernest Hemingway

A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a hilarious book.

— Ernest Hemingway

Anger was washed away in the river along with any obligation.

— Ernest Hemingway

An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools.

— Ernest Hemingway

Are you a communist?"" No I am an anti-fascist""For a long time?"" Since I have understood fascism.

— Ernest Hemingway

As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.

— Ernest Hemingway

As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.

— Ernest Hemingway

As long as you can start you are all right. The juice will come.

— Ernest Hemingway

As you get older it is harder to have heroes but it is sort of necessary.

— Ernest Hemingway